Caster-wheel.



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APPLICATION 31mm JUNE 8, 190g.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATEN rr BENJAMIN G. MATHES, OF ROCHESTER, NEV] YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8,1909. Serial No. 500,919.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN CFMATHES,

of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Caster-Wheels, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification and shownin the accompanying drawings. 1

This invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements in casterwheels and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple andcheap, yet strong'and efiicient wheel formed in sections of sheetni'etal stamped or pressed into shape by'mea'ns of dies and forms andheld in place by the member constituting the band or tire of the wheel,which latter is independent of the sections of the body of the wheel.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claim. I i The invention is clearly illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference markedthereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a caster pro vided with my'improved wheel. Fig. 2 is aview at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an axial section of the wheeltaken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. Ii

Like numerals oftreference indicate' like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Fig. 3, theconstruction of the wheel will be clearly understood. It is formed oftwo similarly cup-shaped parts 1, 1, turned edge to edge with thelateral or flange portions 2, 2 abutting. These parts or sides 1, 1 are,by preference, given a curved form, as seen clearly in Fig. 8, both forthe purpose of stiffening them and to give them a more ornamentalappearance. They are madeof sheet metal and may be stamped orpressedinto shape by means of suitable dies and forms, or otherwisegiven the desired shape. At their centers they are formed with openings,and the edges 3, 3 of these openings are turned inward, as seen clearlyin Fig. 3, for receiving the pin at which serves as the axis upon whichthe be very eflicient.

The pin or axle 4 is held in the jaws or sideportions of the yoke, fromthe base 8 of which rises the splindle 9 of any approved form.

What is claimed as new is:- In a caster, a wheel formed of cup shapedparts with a central opening, and a band in a single piece independentof said parts and surrounding the same and holding them together, saidparts being of curved form with their adjacent edges abutting and withthe "edges at the center opening turned inwardly to form a bearing forand against the axis of the wheel.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day ofFebruary, 1909, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN G. MATHES.

Witnesses:

' E. B. WVI-IITMQRE,

A. VVHITMORE.

' Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

